Question

A cable is tied to the of a flagpole and it is connected to the ground 6 yards away from the base of the . If the flagpole is 8 yards high, how long is the cable?

Answer 1

10 yard

Explanation:

here... imagine...

flag pole. is perpendicular to the ground and is 8 yards high...

so ...

we can form right angled triangle having hypotenuse .. which is rope...

so by pythagoras theorem...

h =

`\sqrt{p{ }^(2) + b {}^(2) }`

so... it would be...

`\sqrt{6 { }^(2) + 8 {}^(2) }`

i.e.. 10